
Posted on March 5th, 2010
Almost 400 years ago a young man went for a job interview. The job – Master of the Chapel Music at St Mark’s Cathedral in Venice. The man – Claudio Monteverdi. He was mostly known for his non religious music so, to try to impress his would be employers, he took with [...]

Posted on July 20th, 2009
On Sunday 19 July, we were privileged to host the renowned Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir led by conductor Andrew Padmore. Highlights of the evening included Gabriel Fauré’s Agnus Dei, Handel’s Zadok The Priest and John Rutter’s arrangement of When the Saints. There were virtuoso performances from soloists James Jenkins, Maxine Taylor and Dave Clark as well [...]

Posted on July 17th, 2009